SITUATION IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC (REPORT #158 - AS OF 6:00 AM EDT)

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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
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• Publication Date: May 6, 1965
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OCI NO. 1599/65
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
Office of Current Intelligence
6 May 1965
INTELLIGENCE MEMORANDUM
Situation in the Dominican Republic
(Report #158 - As of 6:00 am EDT)
1. The US military attaches have expressed their
views on the performance of the loyalist Dominican mili-
tary leaders during the crisis. They consider that
there was only one "fighting general" on the loyalist
side during the insurrection, and that was General de
los Santos, chief of staff of the air force. Generals
Wessin y Wessin, Rivera Cuesta, Hungria, Hermida, Garcia
Ur.baez, Luna, and Belisario Peguero "have been and con-
tinue to be ineffective," they say. The attaches would
disagree with the statement that the Dominican military
have "virtually disintegrated." They point out that
the air force, the navy and the training center are all
intact and still control the preponderance of their
equipment and forces.
2. In a joint situation report prepared by CIA
and State representatives at 8:00 pm EDT last night, it
is pointed out that there is an increasing number of
reports of Communists and other revolutionaries="moving
in the Santiago area." The Dominican military have
again tightened roadblocks in and around Santiago.
State Dept. review completed
DIA review(s) completed.
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